Out & About by Harrison Held
(Note from editor: Oscar season brings party and events where celebrities, nominees, and VIP's go to mingle and be seen. Roger Neal puts on one of the more famous name dropping events.)
The 19th Annual Roger Neal Style Hollywood Beauty & Couture Academy Award Suite held at the Luxe Hotel in Beverly Hills is one of Hollywood's must go to glamorous Oscar suites where Academy Award nominees, celebrities & VIPS mingle & get primped, pampered & gifted for the Oscars while enjoying delicious beverages & catering by Presidential Chef Kurt Ehrlich.
Special VIP guests this year included Best Supporting Actress Nominee Laura Dern, Diane Warren Best Original Song nominee, Danielle Brisebois Best Original Song nominee, executive producer Helen Estabrook nominated for Whiplash, Guardians of the Galaxy special effects nominee Stephane Ceretti, Birdman writing nominees Alexander Dinelaria & Nicolas Giacobone, Foxcatcher nominee writer E. Max Frye & short film nominee Julie Feret.
Also enjoying the suite was Oscar winner Carol Connors ("Rocky") plus previous Oscar nominees John Savage & Renee Taylor, Paul Sorvino, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Christopher McDonald, Karen Sharpe Kramer, Kat Kramer, Wild's Cathryn De Prume, Zero Dark Thirty's Lauren Shaw, Kennedy Summers, Lou Wegner, Lois Aldrin, Mara New, Selma's Henry Saunders, TV star Tony Denison, Asia Ray, Sofia Milos, Dr. Sandra Moldovan, Jasmin Dustin, Teresa Ganzel, Erin Murphy, Cat Griffin, Sandi Margolis & Tamara Henry.
This year's official charity was Hollygrove, the orphanage where Marilyn Monroe once lived as a child.
Photo #1: Presidential Chef Kurt Ehrlich, Karen Shapre Kramer, Kat Kramer, Harrison Held & Roger Neal. Photo l by Billy Bennight
Photo #2: Birdman Oscar nominee Alexander Dinelaria with actresses Lauren Shaw & Cathryn De Prume. Photo: Billy Bennight
Photo #3: Mary Ellen Bloomingdale & Selma's Henry Sanders. Photo by Billy Bennight
Photo #4: Niagara Sweets' Mary Anne Hess & Tony Dennison.
Photo by Billy Bennight
About Hollygrove:
Hollygrove provides a range of counseling and crisis services to at-risk children in their homes, at school and on their campus in Hollywood.
